Chords for Lefty Frizzell.... "Saginaw Michigan" - 1964

[Fm] _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
I was born _ [F] in [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan. _
I [Eb] grew up in [Bb] a house on [F] Saginaw Bay.
My [Bb] dad was a poor, hard-working [Eb] Saginaw fisherman. _
Too many [Bb] times he came [F] home with too little [Bb] pay. _
I loved a girl _ [F] in [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan.
_ [Eb] The daughter of [Bb] a wealthy, [F] wealthy man.
But he [Bb] called me that son of a [Eb] Saginaw fisherman.
And not good [Bb] enough [F] to claim his [Bb] daughter's hand. _
Now [Eb] I'm up here in Alaska, [Bb] looking around for gold.
[F] Like a crazy fool, I'm a-digging [Bb] in this frozen grounds of gold.
_ _ [Eb] But with each new day, I pray I'll strike [Bb] it rich and then,
I'll go [F] back home and claim my love to [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan.
_ I wrote my love _ [F] in [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan.
I [Eb] said, honey, I'm a-coming [Bb] home, please wait [F] for me.
And you can tell [Bb] your dad, I'm coming back [Eb] a richer man.
I hit [Bb] the biggest rack [F] in Klondike [Bb] history.
_ Her dad met me _ [F] in [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan.
_ [Eb] He gave me a great [Bb] big party with [F] champagne.
_ Then he [Bb] said, son, you're a wise, young, [Eb] ambitious man.
[Bb] Will you sell your father [F]-in-law your [Bb] Klondike land?
_ Now [Eb] he's up there in Alaska, [Bb] digging in a cold, cold [Gm] ground.
[F] The greedy fool is looking [Bb] for the gold I never found.
_ [Eb] It serves him right, and no one [Bb] here is missing him.
[F] Least of all the newlyweds of [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan.
We're the happiest [F] man and wife [Dm] in [Bb] Saginaw, Michigan.
He's ashamed [F] to show in Saginaw, Michigan.
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